“If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.” IfsMusicStandardsOriginalsJazzSongwritingJazz MusicArmstrongEpitomeJazz Band Author:Duke Ellington
“I can only be me. I do what I do, I'm not a jazz player. ... I don't play jazz standards, at least not in any recognizable way. It's not my turf but I have plenty of respect for that style of playing.” WayI CanPlayMusicPlayerStyleStandardsJazzPlentyTurf Author:Jorma Kaukonen
“Your music can be played easily and well by any half-stringed harper or fumble-fingered idiot. Not that I'm maligning your songs. It's just that they're an entirely different kettle of fish-to use a seamanly metaphor-to Domick's. Don't you judge your songs against his standard! More people have already listened to your melodies and liked them than will ever hear Domick's, much less like them.” PeopleWellsDifferentUseSongHalfMusicJudgingStandardsMetaphorFishesIdiotMelodyHarperKettles Author:Anne McCaffrey